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0 Euro - Rochefort-sur-Mer - Le radeau de la Méduse
| Issuer | Musée national de la Marine, Rochefort-sur-Mer |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, London's Big Ben, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken Pis. A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at the right, with the '0 EURO' denomination and printer's imprint at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The "Radeau de la Méduse" souvenir note was issued by the marine museum at Rochefort because the city has a direct claim on the disaster: the frigate Méduse departed from Rochefort in June 1816 before running aground off the Mauritanian coast, setting off one of the most documented maritime catastrophes in French history. The raft, the court-martial, Géricault's painting — the whole sequence traces back to that port.
Oberthur's 0 Euro souvenir series, launched commercially around 2015, uses genuine banknote security paper and intaglio printing, which gives these tourist pieces more physical credibility than their face value suggests.